Chapter 21: Ugly and cute?
Just as Chu Lu Ren expected - Duan Yu’s madness can be cured!
The current Southern Emperor has just changed his Buddhist name to Yideng. His martial arts skills may be as good as Kuruo, but his knowledge in this area is still a little lacking.
In response to Duan Yu's "devilish obsession", Kurong provided another solution besides suppressing it with internal force.
That is to practice Six Meridians Divine Sword to channel the chaotic true Qi in Duan Yu's body - true Qi, a word Chu Lu Ren learned to use in the past two days.
According to Uncle Duan...now Master Yideng's explanation, internal martial arts can be divided into internal force and true qi. Generally speaking, true qi is of higher quality and is derived when the internal force reaches a certain level.
Some internal skills train the true Qi, while others are external skills that stimulate the internal force and transform the true Qi. Generally, the sword Qi and knife light are all part of the true Qi.
Of course, in an actual competition, the true Qi will definitely be very strong, but the internal strength is not necessarily weak. For example, some hard skills that require both internal and external training must be assisted by internal strength.
As for Duan Yu, he was just a blind cat that caught a dead mouse, and he was also too full...
Kurong saw that Duan Yu had accidentally cultivated true Qi, and had accumulated a lot of it. If he relied on external force to suppress it, it would not be a long-term solution.
At the same time, he told Duan Zhengming about a difficult problem faced by Tianlong Temple, so it was particularly convenient for Duan Zhengming to become a monk!
"My dear nephew, the Tianlong Temple is not safe right now. You should go back to Dali early tomorrow morning." Yideng persuaded Chu Lu Ren.
"Tianlong Temple is full of experts, how can it be so unstable?" Chu Lu Ren asked knowingly.
But fortunately I asked, and then I found out...
"The Tibetan state teacher Jiumozhi, and the Blood Knife Patriarch of the Black Sect's Blood Knife Sect, recently sent visiting cards to the Tianlong Temple. I'm afraid... they have bad intentions." Yideng sighed.
Chu Lu Ren: ...
Okay, there are indeed more people!
That fellow Blood Knife Ancestor actually came with Jiumozhi?
Well, think about it, the Black Cult is indeed within the present Tubo Kingdom. I don’t know what benefits Jiumozhi used to convince the Blood Knife Patriarch, or whether he also has thoughts on the Six Meridians Divine Sword.
Jiumozhi's reputation at this time was not as loud as it was in the middle and late stages of Tianlong, but he was already a world-famous master, especially in the Zen temple, where he was extremely famous.
Not to mention the Blood Knife Ancestor...
The world-famous rapist!
And unlike those rapist villains like Yun Zhonghe and Tian Boguang who could not be defeated but could be outrun, the Blood Knife Patriarch had profound swordsmanship and accumulated a lot of internal strength. In terms of internal strength and moves, he was not inferior to Duan Yanqing. In fact, because he had no disability, he was even better than Duan Yanqing in actual combat.
"In that case, I will go back to Dali and ask Uncle Duan to send troops!" Chu Lu Ren said resourcefully.
Jiumozhi? Blood Knife Patriarch?
Send several thousand armored soldiers, equipped with powerful bows and crossbows. No matter how high your martial arts skills are, don't even think about standing still!
"No, this is Tianlong Temple's business, Dali will not interfere." Yideng stopped him.
Chu Lu Ren was stunned when he heard this - isn't your Tianlong Temple the sanatorium for veteran cadres of the Dali Kingdom?
"The affairs of the martial arts world are the affairs of the martial arts world. It is not only for the benefit of Dali, but also for the benefit of Tianlong Temple... Amitabha." After Yideng finished explaining, he probably felt it was too vulgar and couldn't help but chanting the Buddha's name.
Although it was just a hint, Chu Lu Ren also heard it.
Only if the Dali Kingdom does not care about the affairs of the Tianlong Temple, and the Tianlong Temple does not care about the Dali Kingdom, if there is any turmoil in Dali in the future and the Duan family's royal position cannot be preserved, the Tianlong Temple will not be implicated, and even a group of Duan family members can be preserved.
After all, Dali is just a small country, and it still puts a lot of effort into the wisdom of survival.
Since Dali had this idea, Chu Lu Ren would not try to persuade them, but he did not leave either. Instead, he said that they could come and watch the fun, and even if they could not help, they could take Duan Yu away at that time.
After hesitating for a moment, Yideng just told Chu Luren to just watch and not take any risks.
Shortly after Yideng left, when Chu Lu Ren was about to take a rest, he heard two "pop" sounds, and it turned out that someone was knocking on his window with stones.
Seeing this, Chu Luren hurried forward, held his breath and opened the window to check, but he only saw a familiar figure passing by on the eaves in front...
"What the hell? He really dares to come to Tianlong Temple?" Chu Lu Ren looked around and saw that there was no one around, so he used his lightness skills to follow him.
After turning around for a while, they came to a remote courtyard where cleaning utensils and firewood were kept and no one was around late at night. The other party had already stopped.
"You are quite brave, young man. You dare to chase me." A voice seemed to be muffled under the quilt, and the person who came was Duan Yanqing.
Chu Lu Ren felt more relieved after hearing this. It seemed that Duan Yanqing's stubbornness should have faded a lot, and he even upgraded the way he addressed him from "boy" to "young man".
"No one is as brave as ...this is Tianlong Temple." Chu Lu Ren couldn't help but say.
"Hmph, who do you think I am? People like Duan Zhengming are just usurping the throne! This is Dali's national temple, the Tianlong Temple. What will happen if we are discovered?" Duan Yanqing was still annoyed when he mentioned this.
Chu Lu Ren naturally would not question Duan Yanqing's legitimacy with him, but just gave him a few insincere compliments.
"Originally, I just heard that my child was corrupted by the two idiots Duan Zhengming and came to Tianlong Temple to recuperate, so I came to see you... and found that you are here too, so I came to repay you! Do you have any difficulties?" Even if Duan Yanqing gave up the idea of competing, he would not have anything nice to say to Duan Zhengming.
"Senior Duan, you are too polite." Chu Lu Ren said "you are too polite", but his face was full of expectations for "favors": "I wonder if you can teach me any other martial arts besides the One Finger Zen?"
Chu Luren's request was very direct, and Duan Yanqing was very open-minded when he heard it. He took out two secret books from his arms. Perhaps he wanted to repay the favor?
Just after seeing these two secret books, Chu Lu Ren's face was embarrassed for a moment.
"Soul-chasing Staff Technique", "Ventriloquism", "Lack of Meridians"...
Chu Lu Ren looked at the secret book, then looked at Duan Yanqing...
Do you still have a cute personality? Ugly-cute ugly-cute?
I am a young man, I just sprained my ankle before, now I am fine, is it okay? Is it appropriate for me to learn the staff method?
Not to mention the vocal cords, I can easily learn a funny trick, so why do you want me to use ventriloquism?
"The Kung Fu for Incomplete Meridians"... is even a degraded version of the Duan family's internal energy. Duan Yanqing figured it out in order to adapt to his own imperfect body meridians. For normal people, it has little reference value!
"The Soul-Chasing Staff Technique is an old man's creation that combines the experience gained from several types of weapons with the techniques of the One Finger Zen. Ventriloquism can not only replace speech, but also has the effect of shocking the enemy's mind when activated by profound internal energy..."
Even though Duan Yanqing was speaking with ventriloquism, one could still hear his voice getting weaker and weaker. He obviously knew that his technique was a bit awkward, so he added, "Do you have any other wishes?"
Chu Lu Ren was disappointed and did not ask for anything more from Duan Yanqing. He just said casually, "I am very interested in the Six Meridians Divine Sword..."
Unexpectedly, Chu Lu Ren had not had much hope in the first place, but Duan Yanqing really did not say anything for a long while, as if he was thinking, but nothing could be seen from his expression.
"Are you good friends with my child?" Duan Yanqing suddenly asked.
Chu Lu Ren thought about the silly boy who was also his meal ticket and the tool for cashing in the One Yang Finger, and said, " The relationship is okay..."
"Are you willing to sacrifice yourself to save me?" Duan Yanqing was talking about the incident in the stone chamber when the Chu Lu people pushed Duan Yu away first.
Without waiting for Chu Lu Ren to explain, Duan Yanqing continued, "Since you and my child are friends... well, I'll get you the manual of the Six Meridians Divine Sword. But if my child gets into trouble in the future... that's it. I don't need to say much about these things."
Chu Lu Ren was shocked when he heard this: "Senior Duan, the Manual of the Six Meridians Divine Sword is now in the hands of Zen Master Ku Rong and several masters of the Tianlong Temple. You still..."
You'd better not overestimate your own abilities - Chu Lu Ren only kept the second half of the sentence in mind, but he didn't think that if this old man was exposed in front of Ku Rong and others, they would call him "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince Yanqing" and he might be captured.
"Humph, I am the true heir of the Dali Duan Clan. Even the old monk Ku Rong doesn't know some of the secrets in the temple!"
Duan Yanqing turned and left after he finished speaking. Chu Lu Ren also heard that Duan Yanqing probably knew some of the secret passages and rooms in Tianlong Temple. The reason why he was able to visit Duan Yu under the nose of Master Kuruo without being discovered was probably because of this, and not because of his legitimate identity as he boasted.
